help needed with signal duration

hi
i will state my problem in simplified way, i have a square signal ( digital one) with time of 1 second on and off for the rest of time ,i want to minize the width of this signal from 1 second to any very small value such as 1 microsecond or 1 millisecond , in other words i want to have another signal with frequency of 1 kilo hz or some higher value to be generated when a signal of 1 hz is applied , can i do this with hardware , i donot want to use software processing .
thank u all

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mr_anderson,
If I understand your question, you want to generate a single pulse of controllable duration whenever the 1 sec "1" pulse appears. Is this correct?
Regards,
Kral

thank u guys, but i have invented a simple circuit itz simply the AND gate and the inverter the 7408 and the 7404 in which i would input the signal directly to the AND gate on input 1 and then i would invert the same signal with the 7404 making use of the delay provided by this gate which is at least 9 nano seconds then the output is fed to input 2 of the AND gate this way i will get an output of 9 nano seconds for any input of any width and i can increase the width by using 3 inverters or 5 keep in mind to keep it odd cuz the even willnot work i mean it will provide large duration ( it will cut the 9 nano seconds from the input signal ) so any ideas reviews comments .
Karl itz right as u stated it, Regards
Thank u all again

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